Central Michigan University research and development spending, FY2024
- Mount Pleasant, MI
- R2
- Public
- Standard form filer
Central Michigan University in FY2024
$27.4 million
spent on research and development in FY2024, as reported to the NSF HERD Survey
- National rank
- #283 of 925
- Change on FY2023
- up 8.1%
- Rank change
- down 1
Central Michigan University reported $27.4 million of research and development spending in FY2024, ranking #283 of the 925 institutions in the survey. That is up 8.1% on FY2023's $25.4 million; its national rank was down 1 place. Institution funds is its largest funding source at 47.2% ($13.0 million), followed by federal government at 42.1%. Its largest field of research is life sciences, $19.2 million or 70.0% of the total.
Over time
Research spending, FY2010 to FY2024
Standard-form totals FY2010 onwards as revised by NCSES in the newest release; rank is within that series.
Year-by-year figures
| Fiscal year | R&D expenditure | Rank in series |
|---|---|---|
| FY2010 | $7.5 million | 333 |
| FY2011 | $8.7 million | 324 |
| FY2012 | $10.9 million | 303 |
| FY2013 | $12.9 million | 290 |
| FY2014 | $15.0 million | 283 |
| FY2015 | $12.9 million | 296 |
| FY2016 | $14.2 million | 297 |
| FY2017 | $14.7 million | 294 |
| FY2018 | $15.6 million | 290 |
| FY2019 | $17.1 million | 285 |
| FY2020 | $17.4 million | 282 |
| FY2021 | $21.7 million | 269 |
| FY2022 | $25.1 million | 266 |
| FY2023 | $25.4 million | 282 |
| FY2024 | $27.4 million | 283 |
FY2024 breakdown
Where the money came from, and what it paid for
FY2024 funding sources and research fields
Funding sources
The 6 NSF funding sources Central Michigan University reported in FY2024, largest first. Shares are of its own FY2024 total, and the rank is national within that source.
| Source | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institution funds | $13.0 million | 47.2% | −6.4% | 245 |
| Federal government | $11.5 million | 42.1% | +20.3% | 293 |
| Nonprofit organizations | $1.3 million | 4.8% | +54.0% | 263 |
| All other sources | $913 thousand | 3.3% | +34.5% | 196 |
| Business | $666 thousand | 2.4% | +63.2% | 267 |
| State and local government | $46 thousand | 0.2% | — | 548 |
| All sources | $27.4 million | 100.0% | +8.1% | 283 |
Fields of research
The 10 NSF research fields Central Michigan University reported in FY2024, largest first.
| Field | FY2024 | Share | Change on FY2023 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life sciences | $19.2 million | 70.0% | +5.1% | 211 |
| Physical sciences | $2.7 million | 9.7% | +33.3% | 233 |
| Other sciences | $2.2 million | 8.0% | +13.2% | 90 |
| Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences | $1.4 million | 5.0% | +47.4% | 219 |
| Non-S&E | $1.1 million | 4.1% | −16.5% | 370 |
| Engineering | $414 thousand | 1.5% | +9.8% | 348 |
| Social sciences | $167 thousand | 0.6% | −3.5% | 431 |
| Mathematics and statistics | $133 thousand | 0.5% | +189.1% | 314 |
| Psychology | $91 thousand | 0.3% | −54.7% | 395 |
| Computer and information sciences | $45 thousand | 0.2% | −10.0% | 488 |
Neighbours
Ranked around Central Michigan University
Institutions ranked immediately above and below
The five institutions ranked above Central Michigan University and the five below it in the FY2024 national ranking.
| Rank | Institution | FY2024 R&D |
|---|---|---|
| 278 | Miami University | $28.6M |
| 279 | Fordham University | $28.2M |
| 280 | University of South Dakota, The | $27.9M |
| 281 | Eastern Virginia Medical School | $27.9M |
| 282 | Texas Christian University | $27.7M |
| 283 | Central Michigan University | $27.4M |
| 284 | California State University, Northridge | $27.0M |
| 285 | California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt | $26.6M |
| 286 | University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez | $26.5M |
| 287 | University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler | $26.2M |
| 288 | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark | $26.2M |
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Request a demoData: NSF HERD FY2024, built from NSF's published tables on September 8, 2026. Page updated September 13, 2026.
Data: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation, Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY2024.
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